Critical illness polyneuropathy in ICU patients is related to reduced motor nerve excitability caused by reduced sodium permeability

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Koch, Susanne ^a   Bierbrauer, Jeffrey ^b   Haas, Kurt ^a   Wolter, Simone ^a   Grosskreutz, Julian ^c   Luft, Friedrich C ^a   Spies, Claudia D ^a   Fielitz, Jens ^a,d,e   Weber Carstens, Steffen ^a,e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM ESSLINGEN   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d BRANDENBURG MEDICAL SCHOOL THEODOR FONTANE   (Germany)

^e BERLIN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical illness myopathy; Critical illness polyneuropathy; Intensive care unit acquired weakness; Motor nerve excitability; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM; SODIUM ION; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REDUCED MOTOR NERVE EXCITABILITY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 85132495013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2197425X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40635-016-0083-4     Document Type: Article

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